Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Electronics partially installed. Awesome!

Yesterday was a perfect day to install electronics. It was sunny and warm with a nice breeze to blow smoke away should we fry anything.

Sven, the young guy who owns Boat Verk, is 6' 7" tall. You'd think that would keep him from fitting into tight spaces, but nope, in he goes head first. Sven is a very capable guy, and although I could have probably done the installation on my own, Sven has the speed and experience to get it done faster, and correctly.

Being 6' 7", Sven was the perfect guy to install the radar dome on top of Drift Away's bimini. I used my management experience to stand around and watch him. Well, actually, I did the easy stuff like installing a new VHF antenna and pulling wires from the lower helm to the flybridge and vice versa. I'm letting Sven make all the electrical connections because he's so good at it.

Today is a rainy, dismal day, only in the sixties. Since I'm still achy from my Sunday painting job, I think I'll forego my planned rainy day project of installing Y valves in the heads and take a trip to the Stamford Mall with a stop at West Marine. Pam says I need new jeans, and I certainly need a new pair of sneakers/boat shoes. Maybe we'll look at the iPad 2 again. Meanwhile, here are photos of yesterday's project.

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About Us

We started cruising on our old trawler in September of 2011, traveling from Connecticut to upstate New York and then down the ICW as far as Brunswick Georgia. On a visit back to upstate New York, we were presented with an opportunity to buy ten acres of land in Bleecker, a small town in the Adirondack Park. During 2013, we plan on continuing to fix up our old boat, but will also begin building a small farmstead in Bleecker.
You can follow our boat blog at trawlerdriftaway.blogspot.com and our Bleecker blog at bleeckermountainlife.blogspot.com.

Drift Away Specs

Drift Away is a 1980 Cheoy Lee 46' LRC (long range cruiser). She has twin 120 HP Ford Lehman diesels, 15 kw and 7.5 kw generators, and carries 800 gallons of fuel and 400 gallons of water. She cruises at 8 knots and has a top speed of 9.5 knots, plenty fast enough for this old sailor.

She is somewhat unique in that the inside helm staion is on the main level, along with the galley and saloon. There is also a helm on the flybridge. The lower level has three staterooms, each with a full head, plus the engine room.

Drift Away sat on the hard for many years before we bought it from an estate. She has suffered considerably from neglect, but we are amazed at all the things that work, like the two Ford Lehmans, and the Naiad stabilizers. There was and is much work to do, but we will return her to ship shape condition. Eventually. As long as it doesn't interfere with having fun.